The Greenpoint Monitor Museum "Road Show" P.S. 31 Samuel F. Dupont School March 24, 2006

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The USS Monitor helped save the Union when she fought and stopped the Merrimac from destroying the US Navy fleet.   On December 31, 1862 the USS Monitor sunk in a storm.  This flag was on the barge when the USS Monitor's turret was brought up from the bottom of the sea in 2002.

The USS Monitor helped save the Union when she fought and stopped the Merrimac from destroying the US Navy fleet. On December 31, 1862 the USS Monitor sunk in a storm. This flag was on the barge when the USS Monitor's turret was brought up from the bottom of the sea in 2002.

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